Since Best and Vlasak (along with three other activist leaders) now claim to speak on behalf of "animal liberation" lunatics everywhere, it seems prudent to take a look at the ringleaders who will soon decide whether a firebomb or a death threat is a "legitimate" act of ALF terrorism. Let’s meet the terrorist press.

Uses his teaching post as Philosophy Chair at the University of Texas-El Paso to wage what he calls "a guerilla war." Openly describes his college classroom as a place to raise "an army of activists" who will "support the struggles of organizations such as the ALF and SHAC."
Told the Animal Rights 2003 convention that "Home demonstrations" in which activists terrorize targeted Americans and their families at their homes in the middle of the night "will always cause psychological trauma to their targets, and if that’s what it takes to shut down HLS, let’s have more of it. Excuse me if I shed no tears." [click here for video]. HLS stands for Huntingdon Life Sciences, a biomedical research firm engaged in the hunt for cancer and AIDS therapies with the use of laboratory animals.
Told the Showtime television network show "Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t" that "animal liberation" is on a par with the Jewish struggle under Nazi oppression, saying: "It’s the same thing with the ALF. We are breaking down doors, breaking into buildings, rescuing animals, and smashing property."